..Radiological inappropriateness in medical imaging leads to loss of resources and accumulation of avoidable population cancer risk. Aim of the study was to audit the appropriateness rate of different cardiac radiological examinations...

Trends of increasing medical radiation exposure in a population hospitalized for cardiovascular disease (1970-2009)

..Literature on the appropriateness of coronary revascularization in chronic angina is still scanty. The study aimed to compare long-term effects of revascularization with those of medical therapy in stable angina...

..However, their influence on prognosis remains uncertain. The aim of the study was to investigate the impact of previously identified SNPs and their joint effects in a genetic score (GS) on Major Adverse Cardiac Events (MACEs)...

Oxidative stress as a predictor of cardiovascular events in coronary artery disease patients

..Overt thyroid dysfunction, hypothyroidism in particular, may lead to coronary artery disease (CAD). Whether more subtle anomalies of thyroid hormone metabolism influence the progression of CAD remains a matter of speculation...

Prognostic role of myocardial blood flow impairment in idiopathic left ventricular dysfunction

..The purpose of this study was to investigate the possible association of SDF1-3'A polymorphism, that upregulates SDF1 protein expression, with MI and early endothelial dysfunction and atherosclerosis in young healthy subjects...

Interpretation of the "obesity paradox": a 30-year study in patients with cardiovascular disease

..The purpose of the study was to compare the predictive value of GFR, calculated with the Cockcroft-Gault (CG) and revised Modification of Diet in Renal Disease formulas, in a population with ischaemic heart disease (IHD)...

In vivo total antioxidant capacity: comparison of two different analytical methods

..For this reason, these methods may be considered practicable indicators of total antioxidant capacity, for routinely potential use in every laboratory and useful in all the studies concerning the evaluation of oxidative stress...